Spring-wheel for vehicles.



Ci G. SMITH.

SPRING WHEEL' FOR VEHICLES. APPLICATION FILED MAY 17, 1912. IIIIIIEWBD JUNI: zo, 1914.

Lll Patented Mar. 9, i915.

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I H0111 m C. G. SMITH.

SPRING WHEEL FOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 17, 1912. RBNEWED JUNE 20, 1914.

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To @Zi 'wimmconeem Be it lm-own thai; @lomo G. SMHH, et- Een of L11-,e nted Szetes, yesdlng at Ilal# ee, in 'ehe county' of llesa, and State of Colorado, have inve: o f "11 new and nsefu E )JF/heels for Ve 'E' @owing to on of the hels shined make and the ao ehereeers wh lom par o my u '-lprovelnente in d oe com 1 me eonsblueand my 589,118@ il Febazufy 225 My prese/n2; 1i povemee consists ry in the means if? 'he hub, and ehe boli-s navng meme pl'ojeoooss, 4vemblem in Having brey outine my mprove coef e'vructon, w psoeeed 'to describe the' same in detail, el'telemee boing mede to he eceompenyg drawings in which is lustmed an embefimen thereof,

:in he dye-Wing: Fgure is e side elevation of my :improved Wheel for veh desu 2 is taken approximately on lime #2 of :m6, 3A gf viewepary in section of svfee sflowng the etals mien lefl my 43912,. Sera Io. 697,968. Renewed .Tune 20, 1914. Serial No. 846,358.

tion. el'ee on the line ix-1% of 3, lookin the direction of the arl'ows. Fin". 5 is .1 side elevation of the spying spoke. Fig. 6 l* a side elevation of one .membel' of i; e

lne Seme feier-ence eumeeis refer to same ed me views.

L numeral 5 designate the hub o Jhe um oi the whee. The heb le com- 'md of a, body member as shown in detail A, 1g. vivi-h rem'oremg; j blmes e one 51de ov .means of bote 8 o. fm f 1 y ne edo L ingWi'Le-n the spring spokes l0 and beweeg; whm ee spuug; @okee 1G :md oem hem hroughou lewe; pojalon of eng'h ing composed of two membeljs 719, the ende o? which me hookemped shown. n each :look there is e rec-.ess 2G exencngg enzrej block. moi shaped 5o eenige 1 shaped ends of "the members 20 is eonstri et its Bleeth be e wid@ A Xinmtey eque to iwo'e *bhe semee: of xe members @ne side of ehe mit a ie or er1-ow shaped 5o provide eem surfaces 2L The eurvef jpee or: Washel 22 is povidec to lap ejoinng pa'es wend to :fox-m a bearing for the heac of the bolt 18. The members 19 are out away mi 23 in' ode to receive the bolts 18.

The bolts and nuts used for fastening the parte 10 and 19 to the rim are duplea'ee of those used "for securing the members 19 e?. he hub and have, therefore, been given. the same reference numoels. A desee. ,description of the fastening@ at ehe lfim Wou, therefore, be superfluous. It may, "however, be stee the@ boeeee 24 are formed upon the rim at --blocks 14 and that they are provideduwith recesses 25 similar to the recess 20 but of twice the width at their mouths in order to accommodate the spring spokes as Well as i the ring members 19. The spokes 10 have openings 26 similar to the openings 23 in the members 19 and for a like purpose.

By reference to Fig. 2 it may be seen that the hub 5 is thinner than the rim 6 and is located substantially Hush with 'one side of the rim. The spring spokes are also beveled off as shown at 27 and the blocks 14 arecut away as shown at 28, Fig. 2, so as to conform in width at their inner extremities with the width ofthe hub. This is for the.,` purpose of providing a space upon one side of the hub to accomodate a brake drum.. I preferably reinforce the rim of my `wheel by a. web 29'. p e-; y

.From the foregoing description, the use and operation of my lmproved construction will be readily understood.' It is,` of course,

apparent that in assembling'my wheel, the nuts 17 will be prevented froxrrotating by reason of the engagement of the curved sur-- faces of the nuts with the correspondingly curved surfaces of the extremities of the spring members and that upon tightening the bolts, the curved extremities of the spring members will be forced apart and against the coperating walls'of the recesses, thus locking the parts sl curely in position.

Having thus described my invention, what .I claim is 1. In a wheel, the combination with a rim and hub having openings facing each other, the openings being constricted at .their mouths, spring members the ends of which are hook-shaped to fit around the constrictions of said openings, bolts in said openings and nuts into which said bolts are threaded,

each ofA saidnuts having a concave face 'adapted to engage one of said spring memers.

wheel having an openin constricted at its 2. In a wheel, fiat spring members, said in the larger-part of said opening and having a Wed eI-sha'ped face extending in the direction oi the mouth of the opening and a bolt threaded into said nut.

3. In a Wheel, a flat spring member having a hook-shaped extremity, said wheel having an opening constricted at its mouth into which said hook-shaped extremity extends, one side of said opening being of a shape the counterpart of said hook-shaped extremity, a nut in said opening, a bolt extending 1nto said'op'ening'and threaded-into said nut, said nut having a cam face adapted, when the bolti'stightened, to lock ksaid hook-shaped extremity against the side of the opening. Q .gf-"f '1;'- 4. In a spring wheel, a hub and rim, a circular spring member between said hub andrim, spring spokes engaging the .sides of said circularsprin member, said hub have' ing a wedge-shape opening into which vsaid spokes extend, a wedgesecured in said opening and a bolt for securing said,l circular sprin member to said wedgesA f a spring wheel, a hiib 'and rim,'j.a spring ring between said'hub and rip-m, said'y ring being formed oftwoymembers having .hook-shaped extremities, spring spokes entremities, a nut in said opening, a bolt exf. l i

'85 said nut, said nut having cam faces adapted',r

tending into said opening and threaded Vinto when the bolt is tightened, to lock the hook# shaped extremities against the sides of the recess, and means for securing the spring ring and spring slpokes to the rim.

In testimontypw ereof I aix my signature in presence o two witnesses.

CICERO Gr. SMITH. Witnesses:`

A. J. OBRIEN, A. E. ADAMS. 

